Would you go to a restaurant on your own? Although we are often an individualist society, most of us would still think it’s rather unpleasant to go out to eat without company. However, it does not have to be unpleasant. Babka, opened last May, uses a “big table” concept to make the restaurant a comfortable place for those people arriving solo as well. This is true to their motto: Together we are ...

The festival classifies itself as an underground event, probably because of its location. The courtyard of the Dreher Breweries in Budapest Kőbánya district became a festival center once again from 26th -28th August. Guests were treated to plenty of Hungarian beer and bands, with nearly 140 beers on tap to try. The performing bands included Péterfy Bori & Love Band, Vad Fruttik, Žagar, Ivan & the ...

Unique tasting venues, concerts, brewery’s cooking house tour and beer specialties brewed for the occasion are waiting for the visitors of the DreherFeszt on Friday and Saturday at the Dreher Breweries. This time nine types of beer will be tapped, five of these are not available commercially.

More than 400 distillates await pálinka-lovers here at one of the most spirited festivals of the autumn season. The Pálinka and Sausage Festival will be held in the courtyards of the majestic Buda Castle. Enhanced by an exciting gastro selection, desserts made with pálinka will have their own special place at the festival, including pálinka bonbons and cream desserts.

The Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist thanks to creative minds and hardworking people from the past.

By Andi Lustak: The non-smoking ban in Hungary finally came into effect in January in all restaurants and bars and it has already made a huge difference with most establishments complying with the law. From April restaurants who don’t comply can get fined up to 1 million HUF. This is great and gave me the chance to move away from just focusing on finding the best non-smoking places and instead ...

In the last few years a whole range of breakfast places have opened in Budapest, showing that the capital has started to catch up with other major European cities. Now Budapest offers exciting alternatives for those who fancy eating-out in the morning.

Would you go to a restaurant on your own? Although we are often an individualist society, most of us would still think it’s rather unpleasant to go out to eat without company. However, it does not have to be unpleasant. Babka, opened last May, uses a “big table” concept to make the restaurant a comfortable place for those people arriving solo as well. This is true to their motto: Together we are ...

The festival classifies itself as an underground event, probably because of its location. The courtyard of the Dreher Breweries in Budapest Kőbánya district became a festival center once again from 26th -28th August. Guests were treated to plenty of Hungarian beer and bands, with nearly 140 beers on tap to try. The performing bands included Péterfy Bori & Love Band, Vad Fruttik, Žagar, Ivan & the ...

Unique tasting venues, concerts, brewery’s cooking house tour and beer specialties brewed for the occasion are waiting for the visitors of the DreherFeszt on Friday and Saturday at the Dreher Breweries. This time nine types of beer will be tapped, five of these are not available commercially.

More than 400 distillates await pálinka-lovers here at one of the most spirited festivals of the autumn season. The Pálinka and Sausage Festival will be held in the courtyards of the majestic Buda Castle. Enhanced by an exciting gastro selection, desserts made with pálinka will have their own special place at the festival, including pálinka bonbons and cream desserts.

The Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist thanks to creative minds and hardworking people from the past.

By Andi Lustak: The non-smoking ban in Hungary finally came into effect in January in all restaurants and bars and it has already made a huge difference with most establishments complying with the law. From April restaurants who don’t comply can get fined up to 1 million HUF. This is great and gave me the chance to move away from just focusing on finding the best non-smoking places and instead ...

In the last few years a whole range of breakfast places have opened in Budapest, showing that the capital has started to catch up with other major European cities. Now Budapest offers exciting alternatives for those who fancy eating-out in the morning.

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